Replication of association between a SCN1A splice variant and febrile seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Le Gal, François ^a   Salzmann, Annick ^b   Crespel, Arielle ^c   Malafosse, Alain ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Focal epilepsy; rs3812718; SCN1A

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 80053562342     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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